Connecting Schools, Community & Resources

Joe and Melody Cheal

Melody and Joe Cheal are experienced trainers offering a range of accredited programmes at their own purpose built training centre overlooking Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. Their two services are GWiz NLP for Accredited NLP Training and GWiz Learning for Accredited Coach Training and executive/performance coaching.

Over the last 24 years they have worked regularly with local government, in schools both public and state providing leadership and personal development training. They have been working with NLP and as corporate trainers since 1993 and have over 20 years experience each in the personal and corporate development fields. They link NLP to the broader field of psychology, in which they hold M-level qualifications.

In 2018 they will once again be offering an opportunity to attend an NLP Taster day called NLP101. The training is free and is part of the fuller NLP Practitioner training. CPD certificates are provided. Find out more at their website (www.gwiznlp.com) or, for more details contact Melody@gwiznlp.com.

Sophie Brigden

Sophie Brigden is a consultant and trainer specialising in leadership, management and employability skill development.

Sophie started life as a teacher before joining the Army and working as an Education and Training officer for 8 years. After training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she went on to lead and manage soldiers, taught leadership and management to soldiers and young officers, delivered cultural and language training to the Afghan National Army and developed a Critical Thinking course, the concept, now taught at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

On leaving Sophie worked at a university before establishing her own business helping young people develop the employability soft skills required for success in the workplace. She still serves in the Army as a Reservist. Sophie’s MSc in Educational Practice and Innovation and current MSc in Psychology, support her interest in exploring what 21st century thinking and behavioural skills young leaders need to navigate increasingly complex situations. For more information go to her website (www.bethebest.org.uk) or, for contact Sophie directly at sophie@bethebest.org.uk

Alison Rendle

Alison is an executive coach and educational consultant. She has a passion for helping her clients to realise their potential and achieve their goals and ambitions. They comment on her warmth, her flair for inspiring confidence and her ability to work alongside them to achieve the results they desire.

Throughout her 25-year career in education, Alison has a strong track record of bringing out the best in her colleagues and delivering excellent outcomes for young people. She has extensive senior leadership experience, both in a local authority and as a senior leader in secondary schools. She understands what it takes to inspire colleagues to meet and exceed targets through times of shifting policy and financial constraint. She has a strong track record in school improvement, strategy development and leading change.

Alison is a calm and reflective coach who quickly builds trust and rapport with clients and works in partnership with them to achieve their goals. She is empathetic and supportive, yet also capable of providing challenge and holding clients accountable for their own progress. She believes in the capacity of her clients to find their own solutions, and uses creative approaches to help them to harness their strengths and uncover and resolve any barriers which may be hampering their progress.

Alison is a well-qualified executive coach (accredited by Bristol Business School and by the Association for Coaching) and NLP Practitioner (accredited by Association of NLP). She is a full member of Association of Coaching and abides by their code of ethics.

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